Shame and Medicine in Literature Seminar Series
The Shame and Medicine Project presents the Shame and Medicine in Literature Seminar Series, hosted by the Centre for the Cultures and Environments of Health. Shame, Elspeth Probyn tells us, ‘is a...
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Shame and Medicine Conference
We are delighted to confirm that the end-of-project Shame and Medicine Conference will take place on Wednesday 11th and Thursday 12th June 2025 in the Woodbridge Suite, Reed Hall at the University of...
View ArticleReflections on my Chronic Shame
My life, like many other lives, has not always been easy. However, through sometimes painful reflection and not giving up I have managed to find satisfaction and contentment in many aspects of my life....
View Article‘Is it really an illness?’: The stigma of ‘medically unexplained symptoms’
I went for an eye test earlier this year. As the optician checked my details from my last appointment – and noticed, presumably, the words ‘PhD student’ next to ‘occupation’ – he asked what I was...
View ArticleBecoming My Own Master: Encouraging Myself, and Not My Shame, to Pull the...
The dim lights of the hospital room cast my patient in a soft glow. He was writhing on the hospital bed, crying out, “Mama, it hurts!” It was the middle of the night, and I was halfway through my...
View ArticleThe Choreographies of Tooth Shame
In September of last year, I had the privilege of presenting my initial findings on “tooth shame” at the Shame and Medicine Project and the Wellcome Centre for Cultures and Environments of Health. This...
View ArticleFeeling shame in shame research
Shame has been labelled and categorised in many ways in the literature. As a psychotherapist and researcher, for me, the most significant aspect of shame is that it is overwhelmingly painful and...
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Hope and Humanity – a storytelling event
Storytelling is an artform that all humans participate in and forms the cornerstone of medical practice. It can bring insight, peace and healing to both storyteller and audience. Healthcare staff most...
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